Recently, King Louie was a featured guest on Mark Bazer’s The Interview Show. He sat down with Mark to talk about everything under the sun, including Dro City, M.U.B.U., Dope & Shrimp and more. Later in the show Lou performed his hit, “Too Cool.” Louie’s in good company on The Interview Show, as previous guests…
Category: Features
FSD Feature: Fatboi Fresh’s Guide To 4/20
Words by Fatboi Fresh (@BigWizIzDead) What’s the fun in celebrating 4/20 if you’re just going to sit in the house and be a zombie? I feel like worldwide reefer day should not only be about consuming marijuana based products, but also about reflection, unity, and doing fun shit while high. I personally feel like the…
FSD Feature: Lil Durk: From Hitta To Hitmaker
Everyone seems to be talking about Lil Durk right now. With the recent success of his infectious hit “L’s Anthem” and his I’m Still A Hitta mixtape doing numbers, it appears everyone wants a piece of the rising Chicago star. Durk, who was relatively unknown on the blog circuit a year ago, has sprung to…
FSD Feature: Kane One’s Top 10 Chicago Graffiti Bombers
Words by Kane One (@Kane_1) If you’re even somewhat familiar with the local graffiti scene, then you know of Kane One. A staple in the streets and on the walls, Kane One has been an active graffiti artist in Chicago since 1989. With a graf career stretching over 20 years, he’s a member of the…
10 Things We’d Like To See In R. Kelly’s New Chapters Of Trapped In The Closet
Last month, when IFC announced that they’d picked up the next 32 chapters of R. Kelly’s Trapped In The Closet series, the world let out a giant sigh of relief. The greatest R&B soap opera of our lifetime was finally returning — and this time to the small screen. What could be better than Rufus,…
FSD Feature: 8 Sights Scarier Than Fredo In The Cut
Unless you’ve been living under a pile of rocks, surely you’ve heard Chief Keef’s infectious hit “I Don’t Like.” The track has everyone from Kanye West to Tyler, The Creator to Wiz Khalifa carrying on about things they dislike. The certified smash can be heard in clubs throughout Cook County, and has recently taken on…
FSD Feature: The Snob Previews Chicago Baseball
Words by Alan Cerenil (@snobworthy) Sports Illustrated recently came out with their win projections for the upcoming baseball season and they projected the Cubs to win 66 games and the White Sox to win 67 games. Yikes! The projections from Sports Illustrated are not the end all be all, but they do represent a not-so-bright view…
FSD Feature: Catching Up With Bump J
Words by Andrew Barber (@FakeShoreDrive) I last interviewed Bump J a little over a year ago, while he was serving out a portion of his sentence in a federal penitentiary in Big Springs, TX. Despite his dismal situation, Bump remained optimistic and maintained a positive outlook on life — the past, present and future. The contagious…
FSD Feature: Chance The Rapper: School’s In Session
Words by Leland Bonner (@LelandBFresh) A lot can be said about today’s youth: lazy, violent, careless and a million other possible adjectives that could probably fill up this page. But we’ll save that for another day. If you sort through all of the knuckleheads who your mom told you not to hang out with, you’re…
FSD Feature: Rap Shows Suck. Ernest Wilkins Explains How To Improve Them.
Words by Ernest Wilkins (@ErnestWilkins) A fixture at local shows and parties, Ernest Wilkins is officially known as Chicago’s wingman (no seriously, he owns the title). He’s one of the bright personalities behind the Red Eye newspaper and Metromix Chicago. No rookie to the rap game, Ernest spent time at Def Jam before making the…